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Our 2012 video Christmas card :-)
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Nacogdoches

The kids could have been in the pool 24/7. So much fun.

  We spent Labor Day weekend in Nacogdoches with Brad's sister Heather and her family. It was perfect, we just love them!!

Getting ready for lunch!  Clark pretty much started and ended with that chip bag...

Brad's parents came for the day

Food and family - the best two things in the world

Clark and his chips.  And his beat up head and black eye (he fell on the pool deck, had a whirlwind trip to Urgent Care to glue his little cut closed.

This isn't Nacogdoches, but we'll live if it's not a separate post - Soren at soccer practice!!  He's been loving it and is pretty good too!

Love this picture of Soren and his Boppa

San Antonio The Westin La Cantera

Hiking - Maria is holding the bag they planned to put a rattlesnake in if they found one.  Luckily, none were found :)

We took a little trip to San Antonio mid-September for a night and a day at the Westin La Cantera, a little resort hotel with cool trails and a bunch of meandering swimming pools the kids couldn't get enough of.  It was a big treat for everyone!

(Can't format this dang blog now to save my life.  Why do they change things?!?!?)

Clark needed his blanky on the hike

Almost all of us...

Clark picking his nose at IHOP

Awesome pools

And waterfalls!

The kids, sunsoaked, watersoaked and happy

On our way home we stopped at Buc-ee's, my first experience, it's the best freakin rest stop I've ever seen!  Soren wouldn't wake up. I took him out of the car, put him in the stroller and back in the car and he still didn't wake up.  Clark was helping out here...

First Day of School

Isabelle and Cora on their first day at a new school (This is their third school since we moved to Spring!  The first change due to our move, this one due to boundary changes)

Soren's first day of preschool ever!!!!  He goes three mornings a week and really loves it.  Such a big boy!

Yosemite

 Brad and Isabelle went to Yosemite in August for their "Cousin Hike" trip.  They had an incredible time. Here are a few pictures!

Summer visitors!

Carl and Clark!

Right before church. Clark wasn't quite ready...

 This past summer we got to have my two sisters and one of my brothers visit. It was such a treat - Erin and Carl even overlapped for one of Erin's visits (yes, we got to see her in July and just recently in September).  We went out for a fantastic dinner, then the next day to a movie and then the temple - just the three of us!  It was good times.  And Brad gets even more extra points than he already had for taking over at home :-)

Auntie Paralee!  With the girls on their first day of school.  It was such a nice visit!

Going out to din

"I whip my hair back and forth" is probably the song they are doing here - the kids dance xbox kinect game everyone loves!

A rousing game of Uno.  Auntie Erin was always such a sport and played LOTS of card games with the kids as well as Monopoly. That's dedication.  And patience :-)

Sea World San Antonio!

This past weekend we went with our good friends to San Antonio to Sea World and stayed at a gorgeous resort hotel with lots of water fun for the kids.

This is at the entrance waiting to get in.  The girls were so excited to be skipping school for this :-)

Me and the boys with Shamu!

SHARKS!!

Brad took the girls on a big roller coaster.  Only Cora agreed to go on a second time.  I think Isabelle liked it but is a little more like me when it comes to scary rides...

The whole crew (minus me behind the camera)

I think Clark was looking for cookies...

Clark went right up to Bert without any coaxing, it was the cutest dang thing I ever saw!

The whale show, so fun, we all got a little wet because of the seating choice, but had a great view!

I took about a hundred shots of everything, this was the best one

Tuckered out

Some more tuckered out

Aaaaand some more.  I also am tuckered out - with a little pneumonia on the side (not too bad, mostly not knowing what was ailing me bothered the most)

Feeding the dolphins! So glad Brad took this video because I had to bail to the car with a sleeping Clark and an ill self...

I've always loved this

A More Real Love Story Comedian Anita Renfroe

More of us

Here's our little stinker in the bathroom, his favorite playroom.

























Isabelle and Soren being cute...












The girls ran the Tiger Fun Run at Klein Collins again this year. Soren tried also to participate... :-)

Spring already

Poor blog. It's been a busy couple of months, although I'm not sure what I have to show for it! Still putting our house together, keeping the kids busy and watching Clark chunk out into a nice solid toddler who has most certainly busted past his 50th percentile height and weight. It could just be my sore arms talking. We've had some visits from Auntie Erin and Nana! My mom hasn't been here since Clark was born, so it was so great to see her again and for the kids to get the time with her.

Mom just bought that coat she is wearing, and didn't think she'd have to actually wear it here! It actually got cold a bit for awhile...

Erin and the kids had a great time with the xbox kinect kids dance games. SO much fun!

"Hiking" in Pundt Park. And there's Soren's plastic sword stuck down his pants. Next time I'll be sure to equip him with a belt and sheath...